Kelly Ayotte

WASHINGTON — A recent string of mass shootings has Democrats and gun safety advocates, including both Connecticut senators, renewing their call for legislation and retail policies to require background checks for firearm purchases. Some senators are asking retailers to stop completing "default sales" to customers, in cases when a federal background check is not done within 72 hours. Those sales are currently allowed. "A growing number of firearms dealers — including Wal-Mart, the country's largest — do not allow these default sales," Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy said in a joint release Tuesday. Eleven senators, all Democrats, sent...

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